Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, March 20, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair meeting of Council of Ministers at presidential complex.



ISTANBUL - Erdogan to attend "International Football Summit" at Halic Congress Centrum.



ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's central executive board meeting at party headquarters.



ORDU – Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to attend series of meetings on upcoming constitutional referendum.



ISTANBUL - Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to attend third meeting of Turkey-Luxemburg Joint Economic Committee and Turkey-Luxemburg Business Forum.



ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (Turkstat) to announce Non-Domestic Producer Price Index for February 2017.



FRANCE



PARIS - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets President Francois Hollande for talks as part of four-day EU visit.



PARIS - French TF1 broadcaster airs live debate featuring presidential candidates Francois Fillon, Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, Benoit Hamon and Jean-Luc Melenchon.​



IRAQ



BAGHDAD - Operation to liberate northern Iraq's Mosul city from Daesh continues.



SYRIA



ALEPPO - Latest developments from the ongoing civil war in Syria, especially on Turkey-backed Operation Euphrates Shield to repel Daesh terrorists in northern part of the country. -